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Akai MPC 3000 User Manual

Akai MPC 3000
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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences
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• The Bar# field:
This field shows the location within the sequence where the
currently displayed tempo change will occur. This is a
bar.beat.tick field.
• The %Change field:
This field shows, as a percentage of the main starting tempo
(either MASTER or SEQUENCE), the amount of tempo
change that the currently displayed tempo will produce.
Tempo changes are always specified as a percentage of the
main starting tempo setting (not the previous tempo
change), regardless of whether the SEQUENCE or MASTER
tempo setting is currently active. This way, all tempo
changes are automatically re-scaled when the main tempo
setting (either SEQUENCE or MASTER) is changed.
• The =Tempo field:
This field displays the actual tempo number that will play
once the tempo change is active. This number is automati-
cally computed from the displayed percentage of change
multiplied by the main playing tempo (either MASTER or
SEQUENCE).
To view the entire list of tempo changes, simply modify the
Change# field and notice the different settings of the other three
fields as you change it. Even if no changes have been entered, every
sequence has one change—to 100% at bar 1. This is because the
current tempo setting is always returned to when the sequence
plays bar 1, whether it does so by playing from the start or by
looping back to the start.
To insert a new tempo change, enter the location within the se-
quence where you want the change to occur into the Location
for inserted change
field, which is a bar.beat.tick field.
Then press the <Insert new> soft key. Immediately, a new
tempo change will be inserted into the list, displayed on the screen
with a default value in the %Change field of 100%. You must now
enter a percentage of the main starting tempo. As you enter the
percentage, the =Tempo field will show the actual tempo. For
example, to insert a tempo change to 60 BPM at bar 5 from a main
starting tempo of 120 BPM, you must insert a tempo change with a
value of 50% at bar 5 (120 BPM X 50% = 60 BPM).
To delete the currently displayed tempo change, press the
<Delete> soft key.
The field at the top of the screen, Tempo changes, is a choice
field with two options: ON and OFF. If set to ON, tempo changes are
used; if set to OFF, all tempo changes within the sequence are
ignored.

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Akai MPC 3000 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Polyphony32 voices
Sampling Rate44.1 kHz
Sampling Resolution16-bit
Memory2MB (expandable to 16MB)
Pads16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
SequencerYes
Sequencer Resolution96 PPQ
Storage3.5" floppy disk drive
MIDIIn, Out, Thru
DisplayLCD
Outputsstereo output
Inputs2 x 1/4" inputs

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